10 - 2005-'06
The Knicks hired legendary coach Larry Brown to turn the team around and it turned out to be a legendary failure. The Knicks went 23-59 amid a public dispute between Brown and Stephon Marbury. Brown was fired after the season, which led to a lengthy process where the two sides feuded over how much money Brown would receive from his five-year contract that was reportedly worth $50-60 million. The Post's Marc Berman nicknamed that year's squad "Team Titanic."

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9 - 2007-'08
As long as you point your way out the door, Isiah. Isiah Thomas' wildly unsuccessful run as Knicks' president/head coach finally came to an end after another horrific season. The '07-'08 squad matched the '05-'06 team with 23 wins.

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8 - 2001-'02
Another headache of a season for Latrell Sprewell and the Knicks, who started 10-9 before head coach Jeff Van Gundy resigned. Don Chaney took over and the team went 4-16 over its next 20 games on the way to a 30-52 season. It marked the first time in 14 seasons the Knicks did not qualify for the playoffs.

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7 - 2004-'05
A nine-game losing streak in March sank any chance this team had of making the playoffs or finishing over .500. This sad photo (from left to right) of Stephon Marbury, Tim Thomas and Jamal Crawford -- the team's three leading scorers -- sums up their 33-49 season.

6 - 2006-'07
Eddy Curry's best season with the Knicks did not equal many more wins. The center averaged a shade under 20 points per game, and the Knicks did improve their win total by 10 games from the Larry Brown season, but sadly that equaled a 33-49 record. Isiah Thomas added coach to his role as Knicks president for the first time that season.

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5 - 2002-'03
Allan Houston lit it up for 22.5 points a game that season for the 37-45 Knicks. Unfortunately for the Knicks, it was one of those rare seasons in the Eastern Conference where you needed to finish above .500 to make the playoffs. They ended five games behind the Nets, who took the eighth seed.

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4 - 2008-'09
A season that was far from spectacular on the court, with the Knicks finishing 32-50. But it reaches No. 4 on our list because it marked the end of the Isiah Thomas Era, which was enough to cause some optimism. Donnie Walsh was installed as team president, and he hired Mike D'Antoni as coach. Though the Knicks mostly struggled on the court, they were able to shed enough salary cap to become players in the 2010 free-agent class, which is expected to include LeBron James.

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3 - 2003-'04
It's hard to remember, but there was a time when there was optimism around Isiah Thomas and Stephon Marbury. Thomas was hired as president of basketball operations on Dec. 22 and 13 days later traded a host of players to the Suns for Marbury, Anfernee Hardaway and Cezary Trybanski. Thomas fired Don Chaney, and under the direction of Lenny Wilkens the Knicks turned around their season enough they were able to make the playoffs as the No. 7 seed. They were swept by the Nets in the first round and have not been back to the playoffs since.

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2 - 2000-'01
This season was the last time the Knicks won a playoff game and finished above .500. It also was the first year without Patrick Ewing, whom the Knicks traded to the Sonics in the offseason. The Knicks went 48-34 and earned the Eastern Conference's No. 4 seed, but lost in five games to Vince Carter and the Raptors, who won Game 5 at Madison Square Garden. Nothing has been the same for the Knicks since.

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1 - 1999-'00
Patrick Ewing's time in New York ended against a familiar foe. The Knicks, after a 50-32 regular season, lost to Reggie Miller and the Pacers in the Eastern Conference Finals in six games. It would be Ewing's last game in a Knicks uniform and the only time this decade the team enjoyed any postseason success, with series wins over the Raptors and Heat preceding the defeat to the Pacers.